The Pretender

Foo Fighters

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Am 
 


Intro
Am Am Am F FM7 
        

Am 
Keep you in the dark 

    Am            Am F       F 
You know they all   pretend  

Am 
Keep you in the dark 

    Am        Am       F F 
And so it all   began   


Verse
F              A7 
 Send in your skeletons 

A7                              Gbm7    Gbm7 
Sing as their bones go marching     in  

      Gbm7 F Am              Am 
Again        The need you buried deep 

Am                            Gbm        F 
The secrets that you keep are ever ready  

        F     Am 
Are you ready  

             Am     A7 
I'm finished making sense 

A7 
Done pleading ignorance 

     Gbm Gbm7       F       F 
That        whole defense  

Am                    Am 
Spinning infinity boy  

             Am 
The wheel is spinning me 

     Gbm         Gbm F             F 
It's neverending     neverending  

D 
Same old story 


Chorus
Am 
What if I say I'm not like the others 

Am                    C    Am 
What if I say I'm not just another 

Am 
One of your plays you're the pretender 

F 
What if I say I will never surrender 

Am 
What if I say I'm not like the others 

Am 
What if I say I'm not just another 

Am                           D7 
One of your plays you're the pretender 

F                                       F 
What if I say that I'll never surrender  


Verse
Am            Am          Am 
  In time or so I'm told  

    A7   Am               Gbm  Gbm 
I'm just another soul for sale  

   F 
Oh well 

    F Am         Am 
The    page is out of print 

Am 
We are not permanent 

      Gbm       Gbm7 F         F 
We're temporary     temporary  

D 
Same old story 


Chorus
Am 
What if I say I'm not like the others 

Am                C   Am 
What if I say I'm not just another 

D 
One of your plays you're the pretender 

F 
What if I say that I'll never surrender 

Am 
What if I say I'm not like the others 

Am 
What if I say I'm not just another 

Am 
One of your plays you're the pretender 

F 
What if I say I will never surrender 

D G Am Am 
     


Verse
Am 
I'm the voice inside your head you refuse to hear 

Am 
I'm the face that you have to face 

Am 
Mirroring your stare 

Am                         A7 
I'm what's left I'm what's right 

A7            A7 
I'm the enemy  

A7 
I'm the hand that'll take you down 

A7 
Bring you to your knees 

   A7 
So who are you 

             A7 
Yeah who are you 

             A7 
Yeah who are you 

             A7 
Yeah who are you 

     A7            Am   Am Am 
Keep   you in the dark    

    Am        Am     F 
You know they   all  pretend 


Chorus
                  Am 
What if I say I'm not like the others 

Am                C        Am 
What if I say I'm not just another 

Am                D 
One of your plays you're the pretender 

F 
What if I say that I'll never surrender 

Am 
What if I say I'm not like the others 

Am 
What if I say I'm not just another 

Am 
One of your plays you're the pretender 

F 
What if I say that I'll never surrender 

Am 
What if I say you're not like the others 

Am 
What if I say I'm not just another 

Am 
One of your plays you're the pretender 

F                          Am 
What if I say I will never surrender 

              Am 
What if I say I'm not like the others 

Am 
What if I say I'm not just another 

    Am 
One of your plays you're the pretender 

F                                    D E 
What if I say I will never surrender   

G          Am 
So who are you 

         A7     Am  A7 
Yeah who   are you  

     Am A7      Am 
Yeah   who are you 

A7 A7 A7 A7 
       

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